KC Pharmacist Sentenced For Medicaid Fraud

A Kansas City pharmacist is going to prison for Medicaid fraud. Louis Ferro Junior has been sentenced to four years behind bars on 22 counts of Medicaid fraud. In addition to prison time, Ferro has been ordered to pay about $964,000 in restitution and $110,000 in fines. Ferro pleaded guilty last year to charges that involved falsifying billings for $29,000 in drugs not prescribed or dispensed.